386:623:386:04 Syllabus

        Homework Homework Reading
Class # Date Topic Given Due (Book Chapters)
1 5-Sep Tuesday Motivation. Examples.    
2 7-Sep Thursday Spreadsheet review [in lab].    
3 12-Sep Tuesday Linear Programming. Assumptions and Model Components. 1 1, 2 (except appendix) 
4 14-sep Thursday Geometry of Linear Programs. Diet Problem.      
5 19-Sep Tuesday Linear Programming Models: Blending. 2 1 3 (except 3.8)
6 21-Sep Thursday Linear Programming Models: Production Planning.      
7 26-Sep Tuesday Linear Programming Models: Investment Planning. 3 2  
8 28-Sep Thursday Network Models: Transportation and Assignment.      
9 3-Oct Tuesday Minimum Cost and Maximal Flows.  4 3 4.1-4.4, 4.6
10 5-Oct Thursday Combined Network--Production Models.      
11 10-Oct Tuesday The Critical Path Model.    
12 12-Oct Thursday Midterm 1      
13 17-Oct Tuesday Critical Paths: Crash. 5 4  
14 19-Oct Thursday Introduction to Integer Programming. Fixed Charge Models.      
15 24-Oct Tuesday Logical Constraints. 6 5  
16 26-Oct Thursday Set Covering Problems.      
17 31-Oct Tuesday Bin Packing Problems.  7  6  
18 2-Nov Thursday General Integer Variables.      
19 7-Nov Tuesday Large-scale Mixed-Integer Models. 8 7  
20 9-Nov Thursday Introduction to Stochastic Models.      
21 14-Nov Tuesday Simulation Tools in Excel [in lab].   12.1-12.4, 13
22 16-Nov Thursday Midterm 2      
23 21-Nov Tuesday Discrete Distributions. Binomial Distribution.  9  8  
23-Nov Thursday Thanksgiving       
24 28-Nov Tuesday Poisson Distribution.    
25 30-Nov Thursday Uniform and Exponential Distributions.      
26 5-Dec Tuesday Normal Distribution. 10 9  
27 7-Dec Thursday Simulating Correlated Variables.      
28 12-Dec Tuesday Complex Simulation Models.    10  
-- 20-Dec Wednesday Final Exam, 4-7 PM      
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